[Preparation of health service personnel for widespread use of breast feeding--a pilot study. Part III--Practice and declared contraindications to breast feeding].

The purpose of the study was a trial to find out in what degree the activities and suggestions of health service personnel with respect to pregnant women and lactating mothers might be an obstacle in beginning and maintaining of lactation. A high percent of studied personnel declared activities incompatible with a successful course of lactation and excessive extension of indications to artificial feeding of infants. A general direction was established for intervention within the framework of the programme of activities for breast-feeding.